Born out of a
garage and built
on innovation
EGR, now celebrating our 50th anniversary, is a leading manufacturer of truck and SUV accessory products with headquarters in the U.S. in Ontario, CA. As an Australian-owned, family-run business with humble beginnings, EGR is now a global leader in the automotive accessory industry.
The EGR Story
Founded by edward,
Greg & Rod Horwill
Working first out of a garage from their family home, brothers Greg and Rod Horwill purchased acrylic from Nylex and experimented with developing innovatively styled acrylic coffee tables. In 1973, Greg moved to Brisbane and borrowed funds to officially start EGR with a vision of expanding their interior products business and entering the automotive accessories market with a product that would protect quartz halogen headlights that were breaking easily.
EGR, which represents the first name initials of their father Edward, and the two brothers Greg and Rod, was formed and production began soon thereafter on acrylic headlight covers for the iconic XD Ford Falcon.
Today, EGR employs over 1,000 people, services 180 markets, and supplies some of the world’s largest OEMs and the automotive aftermarket with precision-engineered, premium accessories including the award-winning EGR RollTrac™ bed cover. With manufacturing plants and warehouses in North America, Europe, Thailand, China, and Australia, EGR is truly a global company with a vision for success.
Servicing over 180
markets and employing
over 1,000 people, EGR is
truly a global company.
Innovation.
At EGR, we never
Stand still.
Innovation and engineering excellence are at the core of EGR's history and continue to drive the company forward. In fact, over 20% of EGR's global workforce is working on developing new and innovative products to create the best experience possible for all vehicle drivers.
EGR's team utilises the best practice technology to help design and produce the most innovative products on the market. This has been proven as the world's largest OEMs have trusted EGR to develop and produce products for their new state-of-the-art vehicles. At EGR we never stand still and the entrepreneurial spirit of our founders runs through the whole company as we are always looking at what's next.
A Global Leader
For over 40 years the world's largest OEMs (motor companies) have used EGR to create genuine products for their vehicles. With our extensive global footprint (12 sites servicing 180 markets) EGR has been able to develop a reputation amongst OEMs as a high-quality accessories provider - so much so they brand our products as their own.
Manufacturing
With Quality Control
At the forefront
At EGR we are proud to be a manufacturer. For over 45 years EGR has set the standard in producing the highest quality vehicle accessories. A just-in-time manufacturer, EGR utilises state-of-the-art technologies and manufacturing practices to ensure we deliver the best possible product for our customers. A vertically integrated manufacturer we produce most of our products completely in-house from the design stage, through to the finished product to ensure we maintain our highest standard and have complete control over the process from start to finish.
We have a stringent quality control system in place, ensuring our exceptionally high standards are maintained and are recognised internationally by the ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 certified standards. These factors, combined with our level of automation, and highly skilled staff enable us to consistently produce the world's best automotive accessories.
